WWE Smackdown!

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Smackdown! is intended as the follow-up to Monday Night Raw . Smackdown! has more actual Wrestling , and less segments and interviews . This is a better show for fans of old-style WWF , because it resembles the good old days of 'Saturday Night's Main Event' and 'Prime Time Wrestling' when there were less pyrotechnics , and more wrestling . This is a truly excellent show , and better than raw if you're new to pro Wrestling .

WWE Smackdown!

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Paul Heyman was fired as head writer in 2004. According to Heyman, he was caught listening in to a conference call discussing WWE Raw (1993). He made matters worse by admitting to Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon that he had fallen asleep during the call.

On September 18th, 2003, Brock Lesnar faced Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship in a 60 minute Iron Man Match. That match was voted "Match of the Year" by Pro-Wrestling Illustrated, the only match in Smackdown history to be awarded that honor.

To commemorate to the show's 10th anniversary, WWE released a DVD box set, which counted down the 100 greatest moments in the show's history. The 9/11 Tribute show was chosen as the #1 moment.

The show is taped Tuesday nights and broadcast Friday nights. Their 11 September 2001 event was canceled due to the terrorist attacks. On 13 September 2001, Smackdown was broadcast live as the first major and televised event since the attacks as thousands were in attendance. The ring ropes are usually blue for the Smackdown shows but were red, white, and blue for this night; these colors were commonly used during the 1980s and 1990s.

The name of the show is derived from The Rock's catchphrase "Layeth the smackdown".